新东方考研英语必背500句
第318句
the winner, by a large margin, was a tiny virginia company called open source solution, whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
译文：胜出了一大截的赢家却是弗吉尼亚的一家小公司，名为“开放源代码解决方案”，其明显优势在于对电子世界的把握。
点睛：本句的主干为the winner... was a tiny virginia company。该句的主谓部分之间是插入语by a large margin，过去分词短语called open source solution和非限定性定语从句whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world共同修饰表语company。margin指书本的“空白处，留白处”，也指“差额，差价”等。
by a…margin意为“…之差”
by a narrow margin相差不大
by a wide margin大幅度地
例如：
he passed the exam by a narrow margin.
他勉强通过考试。
open source是一个计算机术语，中文译为“开放源代码”。